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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Spring Lake Landing (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Spring Lake Landing. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Spring Lake Landing ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Spring Lake Landing: Spring Lk. Lndg. (or less commonly used: Spring Lk. Lndng.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Spring Lake Landing is located in Somerset County.

To see how the shape of Maine's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Somerset County: Franklin, Kennebec, Penobscot, Piscataquis & Waldo.

Below are the counties that are near Spring Lake Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Lake Landing:

  • Somerset County     (The home county of Spring Lake Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake Landing, with the one closest to Spring Lake Landing listed first.
    • Caratunk
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Highland Plantation
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Highland Plantation is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • The Forks
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Forks is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Forks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • The Forks has also been known as:
      • The Forks Plantation
      • Plantation of The Forks
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for The Forks <1>
    • West Forks
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • West Forks Plantation
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • West Forks Plantation is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Forks Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
    • Pleasant Ridge Plantation
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Ridge Plantation is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
    • Moscow
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bingham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jackman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Holeb
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Holeb is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holeb
    • East New Portland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • East New Portland is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East New Portland
    • Long Pond
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Long Pond is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
    • New Portland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake Landing, with the one closest to Spring Lake Landing listed first.
    • Bigelow
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Bigelow is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
    • Carrabassett Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Eustis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Stratton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Coplin Plantation
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Coplin Plantation is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coplin Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
    • Kingfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • East Madrid
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • East Madrid is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madrid
    • Dallas Plantation
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Dallas Plantation is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
    • Lowelltown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lowelltown is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowelltown
    • Rangeley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Davis Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Davis Town is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Town
    • Madrid
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Coburn Gore
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Coburn Gore is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn Gore
  • Piscataquis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake Landing, with the one closest to Spring Lake Landing listed first.
    • Kingsbury
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Kingsbury is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
    • Shirley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Shirley is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
    • Shirley Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Shirley Mills is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Mills

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Lake Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Lake Landing.

Cemeteries Near Spring Lake Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Lake Landing.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Spring Lake Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Lake Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Lake Landing, with the one closest to Spring Lake Landing listed first.

  • Flagstaff Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Eustis Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Flagstaff Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Union Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Bingham Village Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Baker Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Baker Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Bingham.
    • The Baker Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sugartown Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2354971 <2>
  • Pierce Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Rangeley Village Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Madrid Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Evergreens Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Avon Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Shirley Mills Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Spring Lake Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spring Lake Landing.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Lake Landing, with the one closest to Spring Lake Landing listed first.

  • Eustis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Stratton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • The Forks
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • The Forks is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Forks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • The Forks has also been known as:
    • The Forks Plantation
    • Plantation of The Forks
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for The Forks <1>
  • West Forks
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lexington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lexington is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
  • Kingfield
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Bingham
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dead River ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Dead River is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead River
  • East Madrid
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • East Madrid is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madrid
  • Salem
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Salem is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
  • North New Portland
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • East New Portland
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • East New Portland is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East New Portland
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Holeb
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Holeb is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holeb
    • Jackman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • New Portland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Lake Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Lake Landing.

Newspapers Published in Spring Lake Landing ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Lake Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Lake Landing, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Lake Landing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Spring Lake Landing:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spring Lake Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Spring Lake Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.